IF I DIE ON MARS: Meet the people who want to colonize the red planet

It’s an amazing opportunity. You would be the first human being to travel to another planet, starting something new, paving the way for future generations to potentially colonize the universe. But there’s one problem.

Once you go, you can never come back.

A new short film IF I DIE ON MARS introduces us to three people who want to take up this challenge. The Mars One project hopes to set up a human settlement on the planet by 2025. More than 200,000 people have applied to go, and the group has been narrowed down to 660.

Today, I'm on the Chicago airwaves at WGN Television - feature reporter of the early 4-6am hours of the WGN Morning News. I get to meet some fascinating people from all around the area and share their stories with viewers. It's an amazing job that takes me to a different place and has me learning something new every day.